{"id":557394,"date":"2026-08-03T09:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557394\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:41:06","slug":"the-tiny-helicopter-nasa-built-to-survive-30-days-on-mars-ended-up-flying-for-nearly-three-years-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/557394\/","title":{"rendered":"The tiny helicopter Nasa built to survive 30 days on Mars ended up flying for nearly three years &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxOSjkxbjFodXZmZVk3Z295cWVNWlU0cVF1ZjR4NjJOcEdDcXZZVV80dGJOczhkZUR3cnppWW9DbmMxNXVWbDVwTzVMTHhHZzZCV05LbldIM2ZfSHA3R3h4cGVOcVJTbEt0ekQ4bFFFYVRSRDFoT0Z3VnhqNVJXbEltSlFGVGR5MXYta2VXNkxkOFhrX0VFdlBCSXA5LWc5RlhXSnhZWEVKQ2ViWDZFU2FFUzJ4cjBsQ0FYM1pSZXpsc3N4S2xxV2VBYVRNNVhIQ0RaTEJpcVlRbm9sUlNaajdyR0RGYjJQYndKM0c1Qk1naW1Ka1BNVXBCb01n0gH_AUFVX3lxTFBLRkR2VE5fRzYwWEZHaFo3MHNiQmtrMHhQRHczeVh3QXNORUJ4R3RCVVYxOGxiTDk3d1NxcVpvTXJaZmV0NmdxdnA3a0N5TmM5UWMzUE5QRnlId3AzUEREV2NIY0VqMHU1WmVLQ1JSMzhrR2FDdVdrRmtOYVVqZm93ckVOa25sTzB1RkdfTXptRzRYams0OVM2c1VfUDlyZk5Bcmp0NE5GM3NaMldHeFAxc1JVbFhnWEtsbGJUWTc4QlQybERCQkpRbmVGa09udTluRVFPb0Jwc3h0UU1kNmZ6aENtRmVFTFVoTlNhcTZndDlTcHYwenRqbHRMbWRFNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The tiny helicopter Nasa built to survive 30 days on Mars ended up flying for nearly three years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of India<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPeFphcGpoWGZpZnBwS0pWZm1jSWxyRkt0aGtYM25nai1GNUdVYnA4WG9Hejd2VXFFLXBnclIyVDFCcVpzbjU4WnFTWGFxT3ZlMWJOUl9BYS1WeUpwMVlZcE82dEVPVnEwWm4xMlNvUTJWNFZYaW8zOTZjVlZCVlRrUzJJblhydw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mars Perseverance Sol 1932: Right Mastcam-Z Camera<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;mars.nasa.gov<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE9COGNId1NLeXBvcl9yWDYxUE1ZXzhIZDJBX3RfVEl6OUY0RWVTRjd3NjJXVVlVcTcyblZ1TGE5ZzFIUm9qTzBac3pxTHNodm01ZVMzR1dRcFBMMktwOWxJX1VKa0dPOGZLTjEyT3BINmFHWFht?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA&#8217;s Mars helicopter was built to prove that flight was possible in an atmosphere one percent as thick as Earth&#8217;s, and it was expected to manage five flights over thirty days, but it flew 72 times across almost three years before a hard landing shattered its rotor<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Space Daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The tiny helicopter Nasa built to survive 30 days on Mars ended up flying for nearly three years&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-557394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}